Sam R.
Embedded Systems Engineer | Hardware Product Design
Embedded systems engineer with hands-on experience across the full product stack — from hardware design and firmware to wireless connectivity and companion apps. I've built and shipped real products along with a variety of prototypes and proofs. **Core Skills:** • Microcontroller firmware (ARM Cortex-M, Nordic nRF series, STM32, ESP32) • Wireless stacks — Wi-Fi, BLE, sub-GHz • Network protocols - MQTT, CoAP, REST, HTTP • PCB design, schematic capture, and hardware bring-up • Mobile & wearable companion apps — iOS, watchOS, Garmin Connect IQ • IoT system integration — cloud connectivity, OTA Firmware, device management • Embedded Linux — Raspberry Pi, single-board compute, display pipelines I work best with startups and product teams who need an engineer that can own a problem end-to-end — from silicon to the app that talks to it.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 5.6 months active (since May 2026)
Last 6 months: $29k
Billed in all: $30,494$30k
$7.2k in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 2% in Raspberry Pi
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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